![]() I mean, being useful is not just hanging back and making mistakes. Is being useful the same as not being useless? You're doing something for somebody rather than just for yourself and looking in the mirror." So he would make sure that you knew what being useful meant. But at the same time, you're doing something useful. And so, "Why couldn't YOU chop wood? And then therefore, you would get muscles, you get strong, get great energy, you will look great. He's a Hungarian boxer, European champion, and he trains by chopping wood. I looked up to this famous boxer by the name of Laszlo Papp. Just to give you an example, I was studying bodybuilding at the age of 15, and my father would say, "Why are you lifting these dumbbells and barbells? Don't you think it would be better to just go out and chop some wood and shovel some coals for some poor people that don't have anyone?" It was common in those days: neighbor kids would go and do that kind of chore for older people so that when the fall comes, they have it for the winter. Well, let's assume for a second I didn't know what it meant. You understood a deeper meaning of what being useful meant. ![]() What are you doing today?" And so, you know, I think that it just stayed with me.īut even at that young of an age, you understood what that meant. It became such a big part of my life that even when I sleep in - sometimes past 6:00 in the morning - I feel guilty because I hear my father's voice saying, "Arnold, that's not how this country was built, by sleeping in. I think it had an impact on me, and it stayed with me as a method, so much so that I always wanted to perform and do more. Well, I think that ever since my father stressed when I was a kid to be useful. ![]() When did becoming useful become something that you thought was important? Morning Edition host A Martinez spoke with Schwarzenegger about his latest project. And he's sharing some of his secrets to success in his new book "Be Useful: Seven Tools for Life." governor of California.Īrnold Schwarzenegger has achieved more than most of us could ever hope to.
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